Most people kill their moth orchid not from neglect but from too much love. I did exactly that with my first Phalaenopsis. I watered it…
Most orchid owners do the exact wrong thing when their flowers drop and I was no exception. My first Phalaenopsis finished blooming and I, determined…
Most people think a bare orchid stem means failure. They’re wrong. The first time I saw every single flower drop off my Phalaenopsis within a…
Regular potting soil will kill your orchid. Not slowly, not maybe pretty reliably, and faster than you’d expect. I learned this the hard way when…
Most people kill their orchid blooms with kindness. The second those first flowers open, they start fussing moving the plant to show it off, feeding…
I killed my first keiki within three weeks of separating it from the mother plant. Didn’t even make it to its first proper watering routine.…
Most people spend years caring for their orchids without realizing the swollen stems they’ve been ignoring are actually the most important part of the plant.…
Most people overwater their orchid the moment it blooms. I know because I did it too convinced that a flowering plant must need extra fuel,…